Thanks to the generosity of West Virginia natives
Jo and Ben Statler

Bonnie's Bus is on the road again for the second consecutive year delivering state-of-the-art mammography screening to more communities in West Virginia where access to the life saving service is limited. Interest in the mobile mammography unit continues to be extremely high with repeat visits requested by several communities in addition to new sites that are also scheduled .Everyone has heard great things about the bus, said Amy Mayhugh, program coordinator, and they want it to be available to their community.

Dedicated to providing women with education and support, the bus is a self-contained mobile unit that travels to sites across West Virginia, offering one-stop screening in a comfortable, convenient environment.

The bus and mammograms are made possible through a generous gift from Jo and Ben Statler to the Mary Babb Randolph Cancer Center. This was part of a larger donation to WVU in 2007. WVU Hospitals operates the bus as one of its mammography screening sites.

Named after Mrs. Statler's late mother, Bonnie Wells Wilson who died of breast cancer, Bonnie’s Bus and the Cancer Center also received support from Susan G. Komen for the Cure to support outreach to women and follow-up tracking studies and a two-year grant from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation to establish a clinical trials network.

The goal for 2010 is to make at least 60 site visits throughout West Virginia with a focus on communities that have the highest breast cancer mortality rates. In its first year, Bonnie's Bus travelled 9,000 miles, visited 20 counties during 30 site visits, and provided nearly 400 mammography screenings.